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Hey guys!
It is not a secret that traveling full time is something many people want to do, but only few actually end up doing it. The main reason against it is mostly the high costs than are connected with touring around the world.
I have traveled through 100 countries and full time for the last 3 years, writing down every single € in the process and on average just spent 9.563,74 € per year! That includes everything from flights, food, entrance fees or a local haircut. Considering the fact that I have been to some pretty expensive places such as the Caribbean, West Canada and Greenland, it is a number that could easily be lowered to something like 3.000€ if you would stay for longer in a cheaper place.
Now I am always asked the question of how I manage to travel for so long and that's why I took some time to write about it. If you are interested in my top 10 tips on how to travel on a budget, please check out the link below and leave me some feedback in the comments!
How to keep travel costs low + 10 tips to save money traveling
I would also love to hear how much other people spend in a similar situation for instance and perhaps I missed something very important? Thanks so much! 
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Cheers,
Chris
 
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Great post, and a good reminder for traveling on a budget. Little concerned about the hitchhiking thing though, only because I've watched documentaries about crime and read stories about things going wrong with it, but i'm sure those are rare cases.
Question for you:
I'm planning on using coachsurfer for a trip to texas this upcoming april, it's my first time using it, I created a profile and wrote about me on to make myself look legit. How far in advance should you contact the hosts for availability? Also, I heard it's common courtesy to bring like a souvenir or food or something to the hosts?
I only travel around the U.S by car, usually to endurance races around the nation. Some of my tips include
1. Bring low cost foods to your trip, like bananas, bread, BP/jelly, makes for a quick meal instead of buying food.
2. If you drive your own vehicle, pay attention to aerodynamics and your accelerometer. Make sure nothings weird is sticking out of your car, if it's not needed remove it.
-try not to accelerate over 3 on the accelerometer of your car, but try to stain within 2 if you can.
-Accelerate more on uphills while driving, and coast on downhills. This is the most efficient way of using gas.
-Don't stay too close to a semi-truck, they create a lot of turbulence and extra wind drag
3. dumpster dive? I'm not too experienced with this. I lived with a host on airbnb who had a ton of dumpster dived food from whole foods. They were all clean and pre-packaged foods that hasn't been opened before. Perfectly safe to eat.
I can't think of anything else, since you hit all of them already lol.
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On February 06 2018 11:37 YPang wrote:
Great post, and a good reminder for traveling on a budget. Little concerned about the hitchhiking thing though, only because I've watched documentaries about crime and read stories about things going wrong with it, but i'm sure those are rare cases.
Question for you:
I'm planning on using coachsurfer for a trip to texas this upcoming april, it's my first time using it, I created a profile and wrote about me on to make myself look legit. How far in advance should you contact the hosts for availability? Also, I heard it's common courtesy to bring like a souvenir or food or something to the hosts?
I only travel around the U.S by car, usually to endurance races around the nation. Some of my tips include
1. Bring low cost foods to your trip, like bananas, bread, BP/jelly, makes for a quick meal instead of buying food.
2. If you drive your own vehicle, pay attention to aerodynamics and your accelerometer. Make sure nothings weird is sticking out of your car, if it's not needed remove it.
-try not to accelerate over 3 on the accelerometer of your car, but try to stain within 2 if you can.
-Accelerate more on uphills while driving, and coast on downhills. This is the most efficient way of using gas.
-Don't stay too close to a semi-truck, they create a lot of turbulence and extra wind drag
3. dumpster dive? I'm not too experienced with this. I lived with a host on airbnb who had a ton of dumpster dived food from whole foods. They were all clean and pre-packaged foods that hasn't been opened before. Perfectly safe to eat.
I can't think of anything else, since you hit all of them already lol.
if you're coming to houston you can crash at my place
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On February 06 2018 12:27 Endymion wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2018 11:37 YPang wrote:
Great post, and a good reminder for traveling on a budget. Little concerned about the hitchhiking thing though, only because I've watched documentaries about crime and read stories about things going wrong with it, but i'm sure those are rare cases.
Question for you:
I'm planning on using coachsurfer for a trip to texas this upcoming april, it's my first time using it, I created a profile and wrote about me on to make myself look legit. How far in advance should you contact the hosts for availability? Also, I heard it's common courtesy to bring like a souvenir or food or something to the hosts?
I only travel around the U.S by car, usually to endurance races around the nation. Some of my tips include
1. Bring low cost foods to your trip, like bananas, bread, BP/jelly, makes for a quick meal instead of buying food.
2. If you drive your own vehicle, pay attention to aerodynamics and your accelerometer. Make sure nothings weird is sticking out of your car, if it's not needed remove it.
-try not to accelerate over 3 on the accelerometer of your car, but try to stain within 2 if you can.
-Accelerate more on uphills while driving, and coast on downhills. This is the most efficient way of using gas.
-Don't stay too close to a semi-truck, they create a lot of turbulence and extra wind drag
3. dumpster dive? I'm not too experienced with this. I lived with a host on airbnb who had a ton of dumpster dived food from whole foods. They were all clean and pre-packaged foods that hasn't been opened before. Perfectly safe to eat.
I can't think of anything else, since you hit all of them already lol. if you're coming to houston you can crash at my place
Haha it is actually near houston, the woodlands just a bit north of houston!
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i have read quite a lot of your posts and seen many many many pictures so i just wanted to say thanks for the insights and good luck to you in the future
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Thanks for the feedback guys!
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greetings chris, nice to read your updates after all this years ))
great to see your enjoying yourself
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Haha kAra! How is it going? still playing?
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That series against Insomnia, man...
When's the last time you seriously played?
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13 years ago
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I got a new place in London at the end of the month and might pick up some streaming on the weekends then, lets see
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